Adaptive Information – Improving Business Through Semantic Interoperability, Grid Computing and Enterprise Integration

JEFFREY T. POLLOCK is an executive leader in the enterprise software business, as well as a university instructor and technology visionary in the emerging field of data semantics. RALPH HODGSON is the cofounder of TopQuadrant, a consulting firm that specializes in semantic technologies and services for software innovation through "Solution Envisioning with Capability Cases."

List of Illustrations. List of Tables and Other Sidebar Elements. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. PART 1: WHY SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY? 1. Semantic Interoperability Gives IT Meaning. 2. Information Infrastructure Issues and Problems. 3. Promise of Frictionless Information. PART 2: SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY PRIMER. 4. Foundations in Data Semantics. 5. Semantic Conflict Solution Patterns. 6. Meta--Data Archetypes. 7. Ontology Design Patterns. 8. Multi--Modal Interoperability Architecture. 9. Infrastructure and E--Business Patterns. PART 3: ADOPTING SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES. 10. Capability Case Studies. 11. Adoption Strategies. 12. Tomorrow's Adaptive and Dynamic Systems. Appendix A: Vendor Profiles, Tools and Scorecards. Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations. Endnotes. Index.